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vegan bashing
ever notice the hatred for non-animal coinsures? it has caused me to be in the closet w/ my vegan-hood. in fact it was i who started the organics village w/ the hope that other vegan minded folk would come forth. it was a secret code of sorts.
i get shunned a lot for simply being suspected of being vegan, A LOT! while my family accepts and even encourages my eating habits, this is not my experience overall; among muslims as well as non-muslims.
i feel more discriminated against as a vegan than as a woman, a muslim, and a minority b/c its an all encompassing intolerance that is inflicted. even among many that see that its wrong to prejudge a group as a general rule find it perfectly ok to vent at the expense of vegs.
most often, when i am outed, i get meat shoved in my face, and soon become the butt of some rather humorless/witless attacks whenever there's a conversational lull. it gets real old, real fast; yet it continues.
the most common retort, ?i hate ppl who don?t eat meat!? followed by the misgiving that we are emaciated, have osteoporosis, are anemic, have no energy, weak, and balding; to name a few. don?t forget the unfunny jokes.
i think maybe ppl who hate on us do so b/c they feel like we are implying they are bad ppl. perhaps assuming that we assume things about them; passing judgment on carnivores. i guess the solution is to try extra hard not to be perceived as being high and mighty/self righteous about our eating habits.
your thoughts?
i get shunned a lot for simply being suspected of being vegan, A LOT! while my family accepts and even encourages my eating habits, this is not my experience overall; among muslims as well as non-muslims.
i feel more discriminated against as a vegan than as a woman, a muslim, and a minority b/c its an all encompassing intolerance that is inflicted. even among many that see that its wrong to prejudge a group as a general rule find it perfectly ok to vent at the expense of vegs.
most often, when i am outed, i get meat shoved in my face, and soon become the butt of some rather humorless/witless attacks whenever there's a conversational lull. it gets real old, real fast; yet it continues.
the most common retort, ?i hate ppl who don?t eat meat!? followed by the misgiving that we are emaciated, have osteoporosis, are anemic, have no energy, weak, and balding; to name a few. don?t forget the unfunny jokes.
i think maybe ppl who hate on us do so b/c they feel like we are implying they are bad ppl. perhaps assuming that we assume things about them; passing judgment on carnivores. i guess the solution is to try extra hard not to be perceived as being high and mighty/self righteous about our eating habits.
your thoughts?
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